Irondale Community School (Please use the YELLOW box to navigate to the
Irondale Favorites!!)
http://www.jefcoed.com/schools/Irondale/index.htm
MATH
Use this link to practice and/or get more information about ICS Math lessons.
Your homeroom teacher will assign you a Username/Password. Please contact
her
should you need this information again.
Pearson Math
I Keep Bookmarks is a FREE website that allows you to take your bookmarks
with you. It is web-based and therefore accessible from any computer!
Mrs. Smith's Favorite Websites
White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
Enchanted Learning's Picture Dictionary
Enchanted Learning's Picture Dictionary
ikeepbookmarks' links for Irondale Community School
Irondale Community School's Favorite Sites
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary for Kids!
Miriam Webster's Dictionary for Kids
Jefferson County's Website
Jefferson County Board of Education
Alabama State Department of Education
http://www.alsde.edu
Best Homework Help
http://www.canadianliving.ca/CanadianLiving/client/en/today/DetailNews.asp?idNews=3137&bSearch=True
The Caldecott Award List from 1938 to Present
How many of these "best of the best" children's books have YOU read?
This award is given for the best illustrations; however, the text is usually
outstanding as well!
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm
NCTM Illuminations
This website is the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics and is
sponsored by Marco Polo!
It has many links for Math practice from Kindergarten through 12th Grade!!
http://illuminations.nctm.org/tools/index.aspx
Big Ideas in Reading
Read more about the 5 Big Ideas in Reading at this site!
1. Phonemic Awareness - The ability to hear and manipulate sounds in words
2. Alphabetic Principle (Phonics) - The ability to associate sounds with
letters and use these sounds to form words.
3. Fluency with Text - The effortless, automatic ability to read words in
connected text.
4. Vocabulary - The ability to understand (receptive) and use (expressive)
words to acquire and convey meaning.
5. COMPREHENSION! - The complex cognitive process involving the intentional
interaction between reader and text to convey meaning.
http://reading.uoregon.edu/
How Kids Learn to Read...and Other Helpful Information from NCLB
These are pdf format informationals that you can download and read and/or
share.
http://www.hmco.com/resource/insight.html
Finding the Right Book
PBS offers a free book search where you can enter an age and a topic!
http://www.pbs.org/parents/bookfinder/
How to Children Turn Into Readers
Check out this great age-by-age resource on reading and writing and how you
can help your child at each milestone.
http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/second/main.html
Help your child find interesting books to read this summer!
Children who read over the summer statistically don't lose any ground whereas
children who don't read can lose 3 months or more of reading progress.
Read a book! -- they can take you anywhere without leaving your house!
http://www.scholastic.com/familymatters/read/all/summer/index.htm
100 Best Books for Children - Includes links to even more books broken down
by
age groups!
http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
Jefferson County Board of Education's Gifted Site
Choose "Departments" then "Gifted Education"
Jefferson County Bd of Ed - Gifted Education
Hoagie's Gifted Education Resources
Hoagie's Gifted Education
"The LyricsBox not only has the newest song lyrics first, but there is
also a wide time line of songs available, from 80's, 90's and so on.
The LyricsBox takes the guess work out of true music enjoyment, because
afterall, if you don't know the words, how can you sing the song!? And
singing along is the only way to experience the joy of music!"
http://www.lyricsbox.com/
Online Typing Tutor
Typing Pal
New Footage of Solar Flares 3-21-07
Solar Flares
Visit this website to find creative ways to donate to our classroom!
Adopt Irondale's Gifted Class
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed some spectacular Northern
Lights on the planet Jupiter. The data may help researchers solve the
mysteries of the biggest auroras in the solar system.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra
program for the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory - Jupiter's Northern Lights
See what YOU know about the US - 24/30 is passing!
Test of the US
AMSTI - Alabama Math, Science & Technology Institute
AMSTI
2008 Olympics WebQuest - Due 10-3-08
2008 Olympics Webquest
Every Vote Counts - Make sure you're registered to vote. (This is one of the
many sites online to get a registration form.)
Register to Vote!!!